Not long after Gong Yonggu left, Chang Yu entered the palace to meet him, there was no extra politeness between the monarch and the minister, and Chongzhen went straight to the topic after giving the seat: "You are leaving Beijing tomorrow, how is the matter at hand?" ”

"The minister's request to see this time is to report to the emperor that the matter of entrusting the military rations to the people and merchants has been finalized, and a batch can be gathered within three days at the earliest, so as to meet the needs of Lord Shi to go south." Chang Yu hurriedly said.

"Three days, 30,000 stone of military rations, it's really hard to imagine how they did it,"

Chongzhen looked at Chang Yu with a smile.

"Without diamonds, they naturally don't dare to take this porcelain work, since it should be within three days, let's just look at the results, as for how to operate is their business, the minister will provide some convenience at most, and in essence, it will not help much", Chang Yu said this to show his attitude, although he has a relationship with the Twelve Taibao, he will not be overly involved in favoritism, and believe that they have this ability.

Chongzhen nodded slightly: "The military rations have always been responsible for the military department, and I will preach an edict to the military department tomorrow to let them try their best to assist those civilian merchants in operating this matter, as for the cost of military rations, they will first be paid by the civil merchants and then settled directly by the household department in installments" He said with a slight sigh: "Although you have to donate a lot of money in Taiyuan, and the income from the boxing tournament in the palace seems to be rich, in fact, it is a drop in the bucket, and there are wars in the north and south at the moment, and the military salaries on the nine sides are all in arrears, and the treasury is empty, and it is stretched!" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is about to tell you about this" Chang Yu still didn't know what Chongzhen meant: "Commander Wu has made a decision!" ”

Set?

Chongzhen was overjoyed, and asked with some uncertainty: "Are they willing to pay money to exonerate themselves?" ”

Chang Yu nodded heavily and mumbled.

With a bang, Chongzhen smashed the case with a heavy fist: "Two million, it's really rich!" ”

His face was unbearable and happy, he thought that the two marquis would bargain, deliberately said a sky-high price, and finally made a lot of money by discounting, and he could also sell personal favors, which seemed to be the emperor's grace, but he didn't think that the two subordinates would do a good job, and they didn't get a discount!

"Rich is rich, but it is inevitable to break your muscles and bones, I am afraid of this catastrophe, and it will be difficult to recover my vitality, although the titles of these two families are kept, they are still wasted" Chang Yu sneered.

"It's just a waste that eats and waits for death, it's not a pity" Chongzhen snorted coldly, turned his head and looked at Chang Yu's right hand: "Is the injury still serious?" ”

Chang Yu snorted: "Most of it has recovered, and it should be as usual in two or three days."

"Talented, talented, my Ming Dynasty is now in dire straits, with a stranger like you born, if it is not the blessing of the ancestors, it is the gods who bless me for thousands of years" Chongzhen sighed again and again, and then changed his words: "Do you know, sometimes I wish you were assassinated like this every day."

Yes! Chang Yu was stunned, but then he woke up and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, the minister is really afraid that if someone really kills him one day, it will not be good."

Chongzhen laughed: "You are blessed with a great life, it is not easy to die, this big tomorrow has me to protect you, who dares to let you die!" ”

The implication of this is self-evident.

"Your Majesty, the minister is ready to leave Beijing tomorrow and go north, but I heard that there is also a salary arrears in the north?" Chang Yu raised his eyebrows.

Chongzhen sighed and frowned: "Didn't you just say it, all of the nine sides are in arrears, but wherever there are soldiers, they are reaching out to ask me for money!" ”

"That is the case, the money on hand is used on the blade, the minister wants to take away a sum of silver when he leaves Beijing tomorrow, and make up the military salaries of Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan first.

Chongzhen's face was very ugly: "Liu Zeqing asked me for silver, Gao Jie for silver, Qinwei also for silver when he went out of Beijing, Tang Tong also wanted silver, Shi Kefa wanted silver, Wu Sangui also wanted silver, which one of the north and south of the river did not want silver...... How can I have so much silver in my hand," he sighed heavily, sat down in his chair, and sighed with his head in his hands.

"Your Majesty, the ministers brought hundreds of thousands of taels from Taiyuan, plus more than 100,000 taels after the sale of those gold, silver and jewelry, plus the income from the boxing match, the fine of the honorable ......"

Chang Yu was interrupted by Chongzhen as he was talking, and roared angrily: "How many times do I have to repeat it, as soon as I wake up every day, countless hands reach out to ask for silver!" That's a drop in the bucket! ”

"So the minister just said that he should use the silver on the blade" Chang Yu said cautiously: "The war in the north is urgent, the Qing army is approaching, if you can't resist it, let its iron cavalry go south, and the Ming Dynasty will be poisoned again, the loss is immeasurable!" Therefore, at this moment, we must focus on Ning Yuan."

"But the bandits in the south are rampant, and they should not be underestimated, and they may come to the capital at any time!"

Chongzhen's hateful teeth itch!

"Your Majesty, our army still has at least a few troops in the south to delay for some time, but the northern defense line is completely collapsed, the Qing army is down to Pingchuan in the south, and more than 10,000 people and horses in Ningyuan Xiaocheng and Shanhaiguan are blocked, if they are allowed to enter the pass, and the thieves will attack from the north and south, the situation will be even more unfavorable to the Ming Dynasty!"

"How can I not know" Chongzhen exhaled a long breath: "Speaking of which, you still need money, and the arrears in the north are as much as nearly 300,000 taels, so you let me ...... Aren't you good at gathering wealth, you can't temporarily turn around the 300,000 yuan...... Didn't you just say that you were fined two million taels...... There is also Zhangjiakou copying the property of those profiteers......"

Chang Yu really wanted to roll his eyes, you really want me to be a cornucopia, or the God of Wealth.

"Your Majesty, there is an urgency, the crisis in the north is imminent, the minister must immediately bring the cash to go, as for the traitorous merchants in Zhangjiakou and the fine silver of the two criminal marquis, it will take some time to enter the warehouse, the minister can't wait, but the south can wait a few days......"

"Okay, okay" Chongzhen waved his hand impatiently: "I will allocate you 100,000 taels first, and you will either find a way to make up the rest first, or wait for some time, and when those fines are put into the treasury, I will immediately allocate them to you!" ”

Well, Chang Yu sighed, but he was helpless, although he himself had private property, most of it was invested in the military food business as an advance, and some of it stayed in Taiyuan, which was also used to purchase military food, and he had no money at hand at this time.

"Your Majesty, the military and food ministers also have to ......"

Chongzhen interrupted him with a wry smile: "In the past, you came to bring good news to me, but now you have come to torture me, more than a month ago, you left Beijing just to escort the salary, but you can spare millions of military funds, raise hundreds of thousands of stone grain and grass, that ability makes me sigh to myself, how can it become like this now, Beijing has not yet come out, and began to reach out to ask for this and that, and sighed again, and this military food, now the people and merchants are in charge, and they are also found by you, you should go and ask them for it, you keep worrying about me, Why are you starting to block it now......"

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